The term guitar tunings may refer to pitch sets other than standard tuning, also called nonstandard, alternative, or alternate.<\/p>\n
Some tunings are used for particular songs, and are named by the song’s title. There are hundreds of such tunings, often minor variants of established tunings. Communities of guitarists who share a musical tradition often use the same or similar<\/a> tunings. We’ve picked out 7 Awesome Songs in Alternate Tuning:<\/p>\n After mishearing a news anchor, Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell<\/a> wrote “Black Hole Sun” in about 15 minutes as “just sort of a surreal dreamscape, a weird, play-with-the-title kind of song.” Despite thinking the band wouldn’t like it, “Black Hole Sun” is now one of Soundgarden’s most distinctive songs<\/a>. It features the drop D tuning and open power chords that Soundgarden helped popularize among grunge, alternative, and metal bands during the 1990s.<\/p>\n\n“Black Hole Sun”\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n